SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4Effect on marriage

Part 1England and Wales

Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)

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The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 is amended as follows.

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In section 12 (grounds on which a marriage celebrated after 31st July 1971 is voidable), insert at the end—

h

that the respondent is a person whose gender at the time of the marriage had become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

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In section 13(2), (3) and (4) (bars to relief), for “or (f)” substitute “ , (f) or (h) ”.